CareerPlan

Lead Practitioner Family Services - Restoring Families

Melbourne, VictoriaFull-time2026-10-03 → 2026-10-22

Core

Lead a multi-disciplinary care team to provide in-home child and family support, focusing on safety, reunification, and preserving children in their family homes through therapeutic interventions.

Role type

Senior IC family services practitioner (case management)

Builds

Sustainable family outcomes and child safety plans

Domain

Social services / Child protection / Family welfare

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

Risk assessment, evidence-based program implementation, complex case management, therapeutic interventions, knowledge of Best Interests Case Practice Model and CYFA 2005, child development and trauma expertise

Preferred skills

Knowledge of current research on family work, experience with high-harm behavior cases

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Lead a care team of multi-disciplinary support services, create safety for children, support reunification when children are in out-of-home care, preserve children in the family home through therapeutic interventions, manage administration tasks, work with families facing significant enduring needs

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC